Picture updates

* Click on the picture and it will open a window with the slideshow. I will keep practicing!

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks. Things in our household have been crazy but exciting. Chris was offered a job at Direct Energy the other day and will be leaving Continental Airlines. Of course, we are all excited about this new opportunity and he is very excited to be starting a new job that is very similar to his job at Continental. It will be sad of course to have to pay for our tickets now we are SO happy to not have to move to Chicago! Chris will be starting his new job at Direct Energy June 21.

I am officially on summer vacation and I am so very excited! Olivia and I have big plans to hang out and spend time with our friends. We are also planning a family trip to Disney World in early August. This will be the second time for Olivia to be on an airplane and definetly not the last. She is growing up so fast and Chris and I are enjoying every minute of it. She loves, loves, loves the water!! She is for sure a water baby! Olivia does not have any fear of the water and loves playing with the dogs in the pool.

I am hoping that my slide show has attached correctly and you can see a few pictures of her in the pool. I have a video also but I am still trying to figure out how to attach it on the blog.

Little Fishy

We have a new swimmer in the family. Olivia and I started mommy and me classes last week and she is doing great! She was a little hesitant the first few minutes but then she really enjoyed it. My mom came with me and took a video that I am hoping to get some pictures from. Last week we went together and she was ready to go. We did an activity where we had to practice paddling and then do a football hold and have her practice. She was like a fish! She put her face in and kicked those legs like she was on a mission. I guess that is what happens when you have 2 parents that were swimmers. Olivia is getting to be a pro at getting out of the pool and jumping in to me. I can't wait for her to get into the pool this summer. We received our pool tags for the neighborhood pool so once it gets a little warmer we will be taking family trips to the pool as well as going to the grandparents houses to swim.

I want to wish all the mom's a happy mothers day! I feel so blessed to have a great mom who has always been there for not only me but Chris and Olivia as well. I hope that I can be as wonderful as my mom has been. Olivia has brought so much joy and happiness to my life and I feel so lucky to have been blessed with her. God truely gave us a miricle when we found out I was pregnant. She makes us smile everyday and always bring joy to our lives.

Here is a picture of us from last year. I found these on our little camera when I was downloading the 400 pictures we had on there. Yes, I am very bad about not taking them off the camera! I am trying to be better about that.

Happy Mother's day to those who are mothers and those who are soon to be moms. It has been the most rewarding experience I have ever had! I can't imagine my life without Olivia! Chris and Olivia have made these past 2 mother's days the best ever!

TNT they are dynomite!

Today Tommy and Taryn competed in the CB&I triathlon in The Woodlands. They had to swim in the lake, ride a bike, and then run. They both did a great job and Tommy won second place in his age group and I am pretty sure Taryn placed as well I just do not remember. Needless to say they both did wonderful and we were excited to cheer them on. My dad sponsered them and we all had matching shirts as seen in the picture. Taryn's dad and brother are on the left and my dad's secretary, Paulette and her husband are on the right. Olivia was there clapping and cheering everyone on. We are very proud of our TNT!!! Way to go guys!

Our trip to the Zoo

Last Saturday we decided to take another try at going to the zoo. Since our last trip did not go the way we planned(we tried going the first day of Spring Break.) Chris and I decided when Olivia woke up from her second nap we would just go and see what happened. We made it smoothly and had a great time. Olivia loved the giraffe's! I took her to see the elephants across the way and she turned to look back at the giraffe's again. It was very cute! Here is a picture we had someone take of us. We all had a great time and it was the perfect weather as well. Olivia was able to see her brick that Auntie Em bought her but we did not get another picture due to people being pushy.

Bluebonnets

This was our first year to see the bluebonnets since Olivia was too little last year. We went to the Woodlands since it was a lot closer than driving to Brenham to take a few pictures. She was not in a very photogenic mood that day but we did get a few good ones. Friday we went to the Sam Houston Race Track for a cook off my dad, brother and uncle were in. The Tannehills joined us and the girls had a good time. Here are a few pictures from the cook off and bluebonnets.

Happy Easter

Today has been a fun filled day of celebration, family and food. We went to church this morning and Olivia did great. Chris only had to take her out to walk one time. We then came home so she could take a short nap and then we were off to the Charbonneau Family Easter and then the Skinner side. Olivia had a great time. She is always shy at first and then she slowly gets into the swing of things and becomes more social. She enjoyed playing ball and blowing bubbles and then she hunted eggs with her cousin Mackenzie. She also received a lot of goodies from everyone. She is very blessed!

I forgot to post our good news Wednesday but Olivia's tubes are placed perfectly and she is doing great! I was a little worried when she woke up and had a runny nose and cough but the ENT said it was just a sinus infection and no medication was needed. Chris and I are so happy that Olivia is healthy and happy. She is talking so much more and her favorite word is "NO"! That is her response to almost everything. She is trying to say more words such as, yogurt, grapes, Buster, bubbles. She already says momma, all done, hi, baby. Chris and I can't believe she is growing up so fast. She has such a happy, friendly personality and is very social. We are so blessed!